Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_0031_01BE97B6.C60AEF40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable There has been a flurry of reported sightings of Leicas in various = movies recently -- and the expected search for which models etc. Well, = now I find myself constantly 'checking' all the cameras that appear on = the big (and small) screen.=20 I finally got around to viewing the DVD of the great German anti-war = movie, Das Boot ,a couple of weeks ago -- no surprise that the character = of the military reporter onboard the sub sported a Leica. However, last night I was interested/amused to see that the X Files has = featured an M6 (I think -- it was partially obscured by a blood-covered = hand). The episode was a story of a photographer fated to live forever, = whom knew instinctively when someone was about to die, and rather = gruesomely fired off shots of the moment of demise. The big moment = (decisive moment...), the photographer was shot through the lens of his = Nikon (the bullet passed down the barrel and into his body), and as he = lay injured (but not yet dying), he grabbed his Leica to take a photo of = Skully, whom was also shot -- and he believed about to die. Now......if he had been using an R8, maybe the bullet wouldn't have even = made the journey through the lens, never mind the camera body???!!! =20 - ------=_NextPart_000_0031_01BE97B6.C60AEF40 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2014.210" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>There has been a flurry of reported sightings of = Leicas in=20 various movies recently -- and the expected search for which models etc. = Well,=20 now I find myself constantly 'checking' all the cameras that appear on = the big=20 (and small) screen. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>I finally got around to viewing the DVD of the great = German=20 anti-war movie, Das Boot ,a couple of weeks ago -- no surprise that the=20 character of the military reporter onboard the sub sported a=20 Leica.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>However, last night I was interested/amused to see = that the X=20 Files has featured an M6 (I think -- it was partially obscured by a = blood-covered hand). The episode was a story of a photographer fated to=20 live forever, whom knew instinctively when someone was about to = die, and=20 rather gruesomely fired off shots of the moment of demise. The big = moment=20 (decisive moment...), the photographer was shot through the lens of his = Nikon=20 (the bullet passed down the barrel and into his body), and as he lay = injured=20 (but not yet dying), he grabbed his Leica to take a photo of Skully, = whom was=20 also shot -- and he believed about to die.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Now......if he had been using an R8, maybe the = bullet wouldn't=20 have even made the journey through the lens, never mind the camera = body???!!!=20 </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> - ------=_NextPart_000_0031_01BE97B6.C60AEF40--